Animal gun-trap



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G. E. LANDIS. ANIMAL GUN TRAP.

No. 520,164. Patented May 22, 1894.

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UNITE-D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE EDWARD LANDIS, OF LA GRANDE, OREGON.

ANIMAL GZOUN-TRAP.

QIECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,164, dated May 22,1894. Application filed July 29,1893. Serial No. 481,889. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE EDWARD LAN- DIs, of La Grande, Union county,State of Oregon, have invented anew and Improved Animal Gun-Trap, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings as constituting a part hereof.

The object of my invention is to obtain an animal trap, more especiallyfor use on large game, which is baitedin the usual way and which killsthe animal attempting to remove such bait by shooting the same in themouth through the head, the mechanism which I employ for this purposebeing particularly designed and adapted to accomplish this result. Theprinciple and working of my invention will be best understood'byreferring to and describing the drawings accompanying this specificationand constituting apart thereof.

Figure 1, of such drawings is a partial vertical section of myinvention, showing its cooperating mechanism. Fig. 2, is a top view ofthe same also showing the barrel plate, turned to one side for thepurpose of loading, in broken lines, and Fig. 3, is a partial top viewof the housing of my invention, the barrel plate being removed.

The letters designate the parts referred to in the description. 1

a, is a gun barrel adapted at its base (a') to receive the rim of acartridge inserted in the barrel, and having also an enlarged threadedrim or collar a at its base, so as to adapt .the same to be screwed in athreaded hole in the barrel plate I). The latter is intended to befirmly locked to the roof 0 of the housing of my trap, while the trap isset,

. but at the same time admit of being unlocked again so that such plateI) may be turned sidewise when loading, to bring the opening in the baseof the barrel over an opening at left in one side of the housing forloading purposes. To facilitate the working of said parts in the waydescribed I pivotally secure the plate I) to the top of the roof 0 byapin e secured in the lower side of such plate I), and bent over at itsend as seen; and the roof 0 has an elongated hole 1 in which such pin emay be inserted. The plate b may therefore be turned sidewise asrepresented in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and still be held on the roof 0,-and, if necessary, the barrel-plate b may also be removed entirely. Acartridge having been inserted in the barrel (1., the plateb is returnedto its proper place over the roof 0 and in so doing the bent-over end bof the plate b engages with the end of said roof 0, as shown in Fig. l astop a, being an end projection of such roof, stopping said plate I) soas to bring a spring-pin g in a .hole a in said roof, and acorresponding hole in the said .plate b, consequently when inits rightposition, one end of the plate I) is secured by the pivot e, the otherend by the bent end I) clamped over the end of the roof, and thespring-pin 9 locking the plate 12 in place. I

The barrela, may be unscrewed and rel line with and permit the same todrop through 1 moved,and substituted by another barrel of desiredcaliber.

'Itis my intention that in manufacturing 1 mytrap several: barrels ofdiflferent caliber will be. furnished, some, perhaps, also of greaterlength than the others, as may be found necessary, all of such barrelsbeing however provided with a threaded collar or rim a of the same size,so that one may be substituted for the other.

The cartridge in the barrel is exploded by a needle It being violentlypropelled against the same by the recoil of a spring 2'.

p on the bottom of the roof, and a lug g on The ends of The needle n isfastened to a disk j contained in a tube is, in which it its loosely.The bot The two ends of the the bottom plate q the top end of said lug qbeing also adapted to have the lower end of the spring '5 seatedthereon. The lever r is pivoted in the rear wall of the housing, and

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by means thereof the coil springz iscompressed so as to bring the twolugs m and n in engagement with each other.

The sprimg 0, and with it the lug it carried thereby may be adjusted bya set screw 3 drawing in .or lengtheningi'a rod 8 to make thecontact ofthe two lugs m 41 when the trigger t is set firm or fine.

The trigger is preferably constructed in two pieces the upper screwingintthe lower ti,

which is pivoted in'thero'of of the housing,

as seen. This construction enables the upper end of the trigger to beremoved, for: packing purposes; or when the same is to' be substitutedby another trigger of smaller or larger size. 7

u is a baiting loop with prongt-like projec tions to on which to fasten'the"baitto'better cover up the barrel and prevent the loose v ends ofith'e bait :from hanging down 01f it'he .7 1 adjustableitriggerzamugedIld acbaitingi-loopmithiprongsmimlilgtthaeaid .aleek tor :disdnzging.meflrflnh 3,1 snhloopsiimwmtmrdfihemmflnilf die.barnelzbyscompreesiugztimi gan-barrel to discharge the .trap+gnn,r;dbstantialty ss-eetzfmfth.

. myssigrratuneiiuflee accident. The trap should beplaced under a*fallen log or 1placedugiforitothnt the animal would be more or lessinduced to reach its mouth over the barrel in taking hold of the bait.The trap could also be 35 provided with a ring whereby to hang it on 2.tree-withinthe reach oficertain game, but

beyond the reach of game not wanted.

Havings..thns described my invention, now

what I claim is I In an animal gun-trap, the combination of ;.anemovablegun barreladapted:tomceive a .ball-cartridge'in its lower end, asuitable lock J .ormeclranismforexploding the cartridge that maybeinserted in said gun-barrel, means for. 45 setting saidlocknrzdiadzargemmiw;

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